Visnovsky, Hanszus Lead Kings Past Stars

Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:00 PM EDT

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DALLAS — Lubomir Visnovsky scored the go-ahead goal with 2:06 left after Michal Handzus tied it 55 seconds earlier, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied for a 4-2 victory over the fading Dallas Stars on Saturday.

Handzus added another goal with 1:19 left to give the Kings a two-goal cushion and hand the Stars their season high-tying fourth straight loss.

Stu Barnes' second-period goal gave the Stars a 2-1 lead, and Dallas seemed on the verge of snapping their skid. But Handzus stole the puck from Dallas defenseman Trevor Daley and scored from the slot at 16:59 to tie it at 2.

Visnovsky then put the Kings in front at 17:54 when his shot from the left point eluded Dallas goaltender Marty Turco, who was screened.

Handzus scored off a rebound at 18:41 for his seventh goal of the season to close out the slumping Stars.

Brenden Morrow added a power-play goal for the Stars, 1-7 in their last eight games.

Dallas had won 13 of 15 before the current slump knocked the Stars out of the Pacific Division lead, with San Jose and Anaheim both passing them by.

The Stars had victories in their last seven home games against the Kings and were 11-1-2 overall against Los Angeles over the past two seasons before the Kings ended those streaks.

Rob Blake had a power-play goal for the Kings, who have the fewest points in the Western Conference.

The Stars played the second in a stretch of eight straight games against division opponents to close out the regular season. They open a four-game road trip on Thursday night at San Jose.

Dallas opened the scoring when Morrow deflected Matt Niskanen's shot from the point past Kings rookie goaltender Erik Ersberg at 13:08 of the opening period. Morrow's 29th goal of the season came with Jeff Giuliano of the Kings in the penalty box for hooking.

Blake's ninth goal came on a power-play rebound at 5:48 of the second period and tied it at 1.

Barnes gave Dallas a 2-1 advantage at 11:32 of the second period with his 10th goal on a wrist shot from the inside edge of the right circle.

Notes:@ Dallas C Steve Ott was back in the lineup after completing a three-game suspension for a hit to the head of Colorado's Jordan Leopold. ... Out for the Kings: LW Kyle Calder (broken finger), LW Ladislav Nagy (neck), G Jason LaBarbera (groin) and D Jack Johnson (foot). ... Ersberg was playing in his ninth NHL game.